Monday, 22 January 2024, was a very unique day for the Department of St Pauls Multi-Media, Bandra, when showers of blessings in the form of a variety of high quality media equipments were added to the department. According to the Executive Director of the department, Mr Jefferson D’Souza, some of the new equipments are: Datavideo PTZ Camera, Canon Mirrorless DSLR Camera, External Flash for Camera, Gimbal for DSLR, Tripod for Camera and teleprompter, Digital Audio Mixer: Soundcraft Ui24r - 24 channel audio mixer, Wireless Mics, Green Screen and Tablet: Samsung Galaxy S7FE. Fr Joby Mathew, the Provincial Superior, in the presence of our community members and staff from the campus, invoked God’s blessings through a simple rite of blessing on the department and on all those who serve in it, directly or indirectly, from far and near. He said in his brief introduction that it is a matter of great joy and pride to see the steady growth of the department in terms of its set up, equipments and the variety of media services it renders. The Director of St Pauls Multi-Media, Fr Johny Panamthanam, explained to those present that the adding of the latest equipments was the realization of a long-term dream and project that he had prepared for the department to make it autonomous in its functioning. For a long time the department was making use of the facilities of other departments and at times from outside. This would often affect quality and cause delay in meeting deadlines. With this new set up, the department has become ‘self-sufficient’ and can guarantee high quality production matching any professional studios in the city. Apart from carrying out the production and distribution of routine media materials and programmes, the department also renders media services to other organizations and institutions. The department is entrusted with the construction and maintenance of the website of Mount Mary Basilica, Bandra and the live telecast of all its important religious services throughout the year. According to Fr Johny, the dream project of the department is to create St Pauls Youtube TV Channel and he also expressed his hope that we will have more Paulines and non-Paulines prepared for this form of our apostolate. 
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